Sakshi S. Venkatraman

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Sakshi S. Venkatraman

Kid Cudi testifies at Diddy trial about Molotov cocktail attackSakshi VenkatramanReporting fromNew York courtGetty ImagesScott Mescudi, or Kid Cudi, leaves the Lower Manhattan courthouse after testifying in the Diddy trial. Rapper Kid Cudi, the biggest star yet to take the witness stand in Sean "Diddy" Combs' trial, alleged that the rap mogul threatened him and was behind a Molotov cocktail attack that damaged his Porsche.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Brandon Livesay |Sakshi S. Venkatraman

An exotic dancer called The Punisher discovered his client's identity when he turned on a hotel television before an encounter and the screen said, "Welcome Sean Combs". Sharay Hayes testified at the hip-hop mogul's sex-trafficking trial that he was hired to create "sexy, erotic scenes" with Combs' then-girlfriend Casandra "Cassie" Ventura while a naked man watched from the corner. But he did not realise at first that the man was Mr Combs.

3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Sakshi S. Venkatraman

Cassie at Diddy trial: I'd give back $20m settlement to undo freak-offsSakshi VenkatramanReporting fromNew York courtWatch: The BBC's Nada Tawfik on how Diddy's lawyers used freak-off texts against CassieCassie Ventura has wrapped up four consecutive days of explosive testimony in the criminal trial of her ex-boyfriend Sean "Diddy" Combs.

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Sakshi S. Venkatraman

Days After Brutally Assaulting Cassie at L.A. Hotel, Here's the Shocking Text Diddy Sent HerCasandra "Cassie" Ventura was in a state of shock after Sean “Diddy” Combs hit her, kicked her while she lay curled on the floor and dragged her back to their room in the now-infamous attack at the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles in 2016. Not only was the R&B singer in pain from the black eye …

3 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Madeline Halpert |Sakshi S. Venkatraman

At the heart of the government's case is a surveillance video that shows Mr Combs beating Ms Ventura and dragging her by the hair in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016. Lawyers for Mr Combs said the video was evidence of Mr Combs' "flawed" character, but not of a larger criminal enterprise. "Domestic violence is not sex trafficking," said Teny Geragos, Mr Combs' attorney.